Resistance evolution in parasitoid biocontrol: understanding the rule, managing the exceptions In contrast to chemical pest control, biological control (biocontrol) is generally considered evolutionarily stable, with pests rarely evolving resist…

Happy #waspwednesday everyone! Here's the latest article from wasp HQ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

In a nutshell - controlling crop pests using parasitoid wasps is evolutionarily resilient to resistance evolution in pests because parasitoids are cool #science #evolution #parasitoid

happy belated #waspwednesday - here's a belated wasp update from wasp HQ from *Dr* Mia McGowan. #Biocontrol of #whitefly with #parasitoids is evolutionarily resilient because resistant whitefly lay fewer eggs with lower hatching success academic.oup.com/jee/advance-...

Congratulations Dr James! 👏

Happy #waspwednesday from me and the @evomob.bsky.social. Here is a picture of a mating pair of thynnid flower wasps I saw on my holiday to #TorresdelPaine national park in #Patagonia #Chile

Happy #waspwednesday everyone. The #parasitoid wasp Tachardiaephagus somervilli saved the #christmasislandcrabs from extinction by controlling an invasive mealybug and its symbiotic ant which was eating the crabs #waspstotherescue read more here www.cabidigitallibrary.org/doi/pdf/10.1...